Waveguide that acts as a spring

ABSTRACT

A computing device includes a head that can be physically attached to a base. The head is capable of functioning independent of the base. The base includes a base transceiver to receive data from a first component of the base, encode the data into a signal, and transmit the signal. The base includes a base waveguide to guide the signal to a head waveguide of the head. The base waveguide includes a first portion that is attached to the base and a second portion that is unattached to the base. The second portion of the base waveguide behaves as a spring to keep the base waveguide within a predetermined distance from the head waveguide. The head includes a head transceiver to receive the signal from the head waveguide, decode the data from the signal, and send the data to a second component of the head.

BACKGROUND

Near field communication (NFC) is a form of short-range wirelesscommunication where an antenna that is smaller than a wavelength of thecarrier signal may be used to transmit the carrier signal. In thenear-field (approximately one quarter of a wavelength), the antenna mayproduce an electric field, a magnetic field, etc.

However, some forms of NFC may require that the transmitter and receiverbe (i) in close proximity (e.g., 10 mm or less), (ii) within a line ofsight, or both. Such usage restrictions may limit the applications inwhich NFC can be used.

SUMMARY

This Summary provides a simplified form of concepts that are furtherdescribed below in the Detailed Description. This Summary is notintended to identify key or essential features and should therefore notbe used for determining or limiting the scope of the claimed subjectmatter.

In some embodiments, a computing device comprises a head that can bephysically attached to a base. The head may be capable of functioning asa computing device independent of the base. The base may include a basetransceiver to receive data from a first component of the base, encodethe data into a signal, and transmit the signal. The base may include abase waveguide to guide the signal to a head waveguide of the head. Thehead may include a head transceiver to receive the signal from the headwaveguide, decode the data from the signal, and send the data to asecond component of the head.

In some embodiments, a head of a computing device may be attached to abase of the computing device. Data from a first component of the basemay be received at a base transceiver of the base. The base transceivermay encode the data into a signal. A base waveguide of the base mayreceive the signal from the base transceiver. The base waveguide mayhave a plurality of prongs. The signal may be transmitted from the basewaveguide to a head waveguide of the head. A head transceiver of thehead may receive the signal from the head waveguide. The headtransceiver may decode the data from the signal and send the data to asecond component of the head.

In some embodiments, a head of a computing device may be attached to abase of the computing device. Data from a first component of the headmay be received at a head transceiver of the head. The head transceivermay encode the data into a signal. A head waveguide of the head mayreceive the signal from the head transceiver. The signal may betransmitted from the head waveguide to a base waveguide of the base. Thebase waveguide may have a plurality of prongs. A base transceiver of thebase may receive the signal from the base waveguide. The basetransceiver may decode the data from the signal and send the data to asecond component of the base.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

A more complete understanding of the present disclosure may be obtainedby reference to the following Detailed Description when taken inconjunction with the accompanying Drawings. In the figures, theleft-most digit(s) of a reference number identifies the figure in whichthe reference number first appears. The same reference numbers indifferent figures indicate similar or identical items.

FIG. 1 illustrates an example of a computing device that includes a headand a base according to some embodiments.

FIG. 2 illustrates an example of a head of a computing device couplingto a base according to some embodiments.

FIG. 3 illustrates an example of a head waveguide and a base waveguideaccording to some embodiments.

FIG. 4A illustrates an example of a forward orientation of a head and abase according to some embodiments.

FIG. 4B illustrates an example of a reverse orientation of a head and abase according to some embodiments.

FIG. 5 illustrates examples of different placements of a head relativeto a base according to some embodiments.

FIG. 6 illustrates an example of a waveguide that acts as a springaccording to some embodiments.

FIG. 7 illustrates an example of how a waveguide that acts as a springcan provide force according to some embodiments.

FIG. 8 illustrates an example configuration of a head and base of acomputing device that can be used to implement the systems andtechniques described herein.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

As computing devices, such as tablets, notebooks, wireless phones, andthe like continue to proliferate, many of these devices may be designedusing two or more components. For example, a computing device, such as a“2-in-1” computing device, may include two components, such as a headcomponent (“head”) and a base component (“base”). The head may include atouchscreen display device and may be independently usable as acomputing device, such as a tablet computer or a wireless phone. Inaddition, attaching the head to the base may enable the head to accessresources that are included in the base, such as one or more inputdevices (e.g., keyboard, touch pad, keypad, etc.), one or more storagedevices (e.g., random access memory (RAM), read only memory (ROM), othertypes of memory, disk drives, other types of storage devices, etc.), oneor more ports (e.g., a universal serial bus (USB) port, a serial port, adigital video interface (DVI) port, a high definition multimediainterface (HDMI) port, a card reader (e.g., for reading a compact flashcard, a secure digital (SD) card, etc.), another type of resource, orany combination thereof. In this way, the 2-in-1 computing device may beused as two devices, e.g., either as a first type of computing device(e.g., such as a tablet, when using just the head) or as a second typeof computing device (e.g., such as a laptop, when the head is coupled tothe base).

In a conventional 2-in-1 computing device, the head may be electricallycoupled to the base using electrical contacts that enable the head andbase to communicate with each other (e.g., to enable the head to accessthe resources of the base, etc.). However, having exposed electricalcontacts on the head and the base may result in the electrical contactsbecoming corroded, dirty, worn, damaged, or any combination thereof.Therefore, a 2-in-1 computing device that uses near field communication(NFC) to enable the head to communicate with the base may avoid problemscaused by the electrical contacts becoming corroded, dirty, worn,damaged, etc.

A 2-in-1 computing device may be designed such that when the head iscoupled to the base, the head may rotate relative to the base. Forexample, the head of the 2-in-1 computing device may rotate relative tothe base to enable a user to position the screen at a particular viewingangle, similar to the way the user may position a screen of a laptop.When NFC is used to enable communications between the head and the base,a first transmitter/receiver (referred to hereinafter as a“transceiver”) may be included in the head and a second transceiver maybe included in the base. The NFC may work when the first transceiver andthe second transceiver are (i) in close proximity (e.g., 10 mm or less)and (ii) within a line of sight but may not work if they are greaterthan 10 mm apart or not within a line of sight.

To enable NFC-based communications between a head and a base in a 2-in-1computing device where the head is capable of rotating relative to thebase, one or more waveguides may be used to receive a transmission froma transmitter (e.g., a first transceiver) and provide (e.g., transmit)the transmission to a receiver (e.g., a second transceiver). A waveguideis a structure that guides waves, such as electromagnetic waves, fromthe first transceiver to the second transceiver. For example, thewaveguide may vibrate in response to receiving a signal (e.g., carriersignal) from a transmitter and transmit the vibrations to a receiver.The waveguide may be made from a material such as plastic, metal, glass,wood, another type of material, or any combination thereof.

Thus, one or more transceivers and one or more waveguides may be used toenable communications between a head and a base of a 2-in-1 computingdevice to enable the head to be positioned at different angles such thatthe transceivers in the head and base do not need to be in closeproximity nor within a line of sight of each other.

In some embodiments, the waveguide may use a design that enables thehead to be attached to the base in either a forward configuration or areverse configuration. For example, the waveguide may include multipleprongs, where a first portion of the prongs are used for communicationswhen the head is attached to the base in the forward configuration and asecond portion of the prongs are used when the head is attached to thebase in the reverse configuration. The waveguide may act as a springsuch that the distance between the head and the base is no more than apredetermined distance, thereby resulting in efficient wireless signaltransmission between the head and the base. For example, when the headis attached to the base, the waveguide may act as a spring to keep thegap between the head and the base within a wireless transmissiontolerance, such that the head and the base can transmit signals to eachother, regardless of the position of the head relative to the base.Without the spring action of the waveguide, the gap between the head andthe base may vary (e.g., when the head is placed at different anglesrelative the base), and in some cases, result in a gap that issufficiently large that wireless transmission between the head and thebase is not possible.

FIG. 1 illustrates an example of a computing device that includes a headand a base according to some embodiments. FIG. 1 includes a computingdevice 102 that is comprised of a head 104 and a base 106.

The head 104 may include a display, one or more processors, andcomputer-readable storage media to store instructions. The one or moreprocessors may access the computer-readable storage media to execute theinstructions to perform various functions. For example, the head 104 maybe detached from the base 106 for use as a tablet computing device. Thehead 104 may receive input via a touch screen display using a finger (orother appendage), a stylus, a keyboard superimposed on the touch screendisplay, another type of touch input mechanism, or any combinationthereof. The head 104 may receive input via buttons, a microphone (e.g.,using voice recognition), another type of input mechanism, or anycombination thereof.

The base 106 may include resources, such as one or more input devices(e.g., a keyboard, a touch pad, etc.), one or more storage devices(e.g., random access memory (RAM), disk drives, etc.), one or moreinput/output (I/O) ports (e.g., a universal serial bus (USB) port, ahigh definition multimedia interface (HDMI) port, a card reader (e.g.,for reading a compact flash card, a secure digital (SD) card, etc.),another type of computing resource, or any combination thereof. When thehead 104 is coupled to the base 106, the head 104 and the base 106 maybe capable of contactless communication with each other. When coupled tothe base 106, the head 104 may access one or more of the resources ofthe base 106. For example, the head 104 may receive input from the inputdevices of the base 106. The head 104 may display the input receivedfrom the base on the touchscreen display device of the head 104. Thehead 104 may store data on a storage device of the base 106. The head104 may retrieve data stored on a storage device of the base 106 (orconnected to the base 106 using an I/O port) and display at least partof the data on the touchscreen display device of the head 104. Ofcourse, other examples of a head and a base may have other I/O devicesand components.

The head 104 may be capable of being physically coupled to the base 106and later de-coupled from the base 106. The base 104 includes a headtransceiver 108 and a head waveguide 110. The base 106 includes a basewaveguide 112 and a base transceiver 114. In some embodiments, the headwaveguide 110 may be mounted off-center in such a way that the headwaveguide 110 is in close proximity to a first portion of the basewaveguide 112 in a forward orientation and, when the head 104 isreversed relative to the base 106, the head waveguide 110 is in closeproximity to a second portion of the base waveguide 112 in a reverseorientation.

The transceivers 108, 114 and waveguides 110, 112 may operate at radiofrequencies in the extremely high frequency (EHF) band, e.g., between 30Gigahertz (GHz) and 300 GHz. For example, in a particular embodiment,the transceivers 108, 114 may communicate at approximately 60 GHz. Insome embodiments, the transceivers 108, 114 may be implemented using atechnology such as complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS). Thetransceivers 108, 114 may be capable of transmitting and receivingsignals with a bandwidth of 5 Gigabits per second (Gbps) or more. Thetransceivers 108, 114 and waveguides 110, 112 do not make contact eachother. The transmitter component of the transceivers 108, 114 is used totransmit signals and the receiver component of the transceivers 108, 114is used to receive signals.

When transmitting from the head 104 to the base 106, the headtransceiver 108 may receive data from a component of the head 104,encode the data into a signal (e.g., carrier signal), and transmit thesignal. The head waveguide 110 may conduct (e.g., guide) the signal tothe base waveguide 112. The base waveguide 112 may conduct the signal tothe base transceiver 114. The base transceiver 114 may receive thesignal, decode the data from the signal, and send the data to one ormore of the components (e.g., resources) of the base 106.

When transmitting from the base 106 to the head 104, the basetransceiver 114 may receive data from a component of the base 106 andencode the data into the a signal. The base waveguide 112 may conduct(e.g., guide) the signal to the head waveguide 110. The head waveguide110 may conduct the signal to the head transceiver 108. The headtransceiver 108 may receive the signal, extract (e.g., decode) the datafrom the signal, and send the to one or more of the components of thehead 104.

Thus, a computing device 102 may include a head 104 and a base 106 thatuses contactless communication to communicate with each other when thehead 104 is physically coupled to the base 106. The contactlesscommunication may be achieved using a first transceiver that receivesdata and transmits the data using an EHF signal as the carrier. A firstwaveguide may transmit the EHF signal to a second waveguide. The secondwaveguide may receive the EHF signal and guide the signal to a secondtransceiver that extracts the data from the signal and sends the data toa destination. The waveguides 110, 112 and transceivers 108, 114 may bepositioned to enable the head to rotate relative to the base. Forexample, a user may place the head 104 in different orientations (e.g.,a forward orientation or a reverse orientation) and at different anglesrelative to the base 106 without affecting the ability of the head 104and the base 106 to communicate with each other.

FIG. 2 illustrates an example of a head of a computing device couplingto a base according to some embodiments. FIG. 2 shows how the head 104may physically couple to the base 106. For example, the head 104 mayinclude a cylindrical protrusion that may be placed into a semi-circulargroove in the base 106 to couple the head 104 to the base 106.

After the head 104 is coupled to the base 106, the head 104 may beplaced at various angles relative to the base 106, while the distancebetween a tip 202 of the head waveguide 110 and the base waveguide 112is relatively constant (e.g., does not change significantly), as shownin FIG. 2. The tip 202 of the head waveguide 110 is a portion of thehead waveguide 110 that is located at an opposite end from the headtransceiver 108. Thus, the distance between the tip 202 of the headwaveguide 110 and the base waveguide 112 may remain relatively constant,thereby enabling contactless communication between the head 104 and thebase 106 regardless of the angle between the head 104 and the base 106.

FIG. 3 illustrates an example of a head waveguide and a base waveguideaccording to some embodiments. FIG. 3 illustrates how the distancebetween the head waveguide 110 and the base waveguide 112 remainsrelatively constant regardless of the angle between the head 104 and thebase 106, thereby enabling contactless communication between the head104 and the base 106.

The head waveguide 110 includes at least one prong 302. Purely forillustration purposes, the head waveguide 110 is illustrated in FIG. 2as including seven prongs. Of course, depending on the embodiment, thehead waveguide 110 may have more than seven prongs or few than sevenprongs. The base waveguide 112 includes at least one prong 304. Inembodiments where the head 104 may be coupled to the base 106 in both aforward orientation and a reverse orientation, the base waveguide 112may include at least two prongs, e.g., at least one prong for theforward orientation and at least one prong for the reverse orientation.

As illustrated in FIG. 3, when transmitting from the head 104 to thebase 106, the head transceiver 108 may receive data 306 from a componentof the head 104 and encode the data 306 into a signal 308. The headwaveguide 110 may conduct (e.g., guide) the signal 308 to the basewaveguide 112. The base waveguide 112 may conduct the signal 308 to thebase transceiver 114. The base transceiver 114 may receive the signal308, extract the data 306 from the signal 308, and send the data 306 toone or more of the components (e.g., resources) of the base 106.

When transmitting from the base 106 to the head 104, the basetransceiver 114 may receive data 306 from a component of the base 106and encode the data 306 into a signal 308. The base waveguide 112 mayconduct (e.g., guide) the signal 308 to the head waveguide 110. The headwaveguide 110 may conduct the signal 308 to the head transceiver 108.The head transceiver 108 may receive the signal 308, extract the data306 from the signal 308, and send the data 306 to one or more of thecomponents (e.g., the touchscreen display) of the head 104.

Thus, the waveguides 110, 112 may include one or more prongs 302, 304that are used to guide a signal from one waveguide to another waveguide.The transceivers 108, 114 may encode the data 302 into the signal 304for transmission via the waveguides 110, 112 and decode the data 302from the signal 304.

FIG. 4A illustrates an example of a forward orientation of a head and abase according to some embodiments. In the forward orientation 502, thehead 104 may be attached to the base 106 in such a way that atouchscreen display of the head 104 may face forward, e.g., towards auser. In the forward orientation 502, the prongs of the head waveguide110 may be positioned in close proximity to (e.g., over) a first portionof the prongs of the base waveguide 112. For example, the prongs of thehead waveguide 110 may be positioned in close proximity to the middleprong and the prongs to the right of the middle prong of the basewaveguide 112.

FIG. 4B illustrates an example of a reverse orientation of a head and abase according to some embodiments. In the reverse orientation 504, thehead 104 may be attached to the base 106 in such a way that atouchscreen display of the head 104 may face back, e.g., away from auser. For example, a user may use the reverse orientation 504 to displaysomething to another person or the user may position the head over thebase to enable the computing device 102 to be used as a tablet computer.In the reverse orientation 504, the prongs of the head waveguide 110 maybe positioned in close proximity to (e.g., over) a portion of the prongsof the base waveguide 112. For example, the prongs of the head waveguide110 may be positioned in close proximity to the middle prong and theprongs to the left of the middle prong of the base waveguide 112.

While the base waveguide 112 is illustrated as including U-shapedprongs, in some embodiments, different shaped prongs may be used toenable multiple orientations. In embodiments that enable the head 104 toattach to the base 106 in more than one orientation, the prongs of thebase waveguide 112 may be arranged symmetrically to enable the forwardorientation 502 and the reverse orientation 504.

FIG. 5 illustrates examples of different placements of a head relativeto a base according to some embodiments. The head 104 may be attached tothe base 106 in a forward orientation 502 or in a reverse orientation504. For example, the head 104 may be attached to the base 106 byplacing a cylindrically shaped end 506 of the head 104 in a groove 508(e.g., semi-circular shaped groove) of the base 106. In the forwardorientation 502, the head 104 may be attached to the base 106 such thatthe touchscreen display is facing a user of the computing device 102. Inthe reverse orientation 504, the head 104 may be attached to the base106 such that the touchscreen display is facing away from the user ofthe computing device 102.

As illustrated in FIG. 5, in both the forward orientation 502 and thereverse orientation 504, the head 104 may be placed at different anglesrelative to the base 106. For example, in both the forward orientation502 and the reverse orientation 504, the head 104 may be placed atangles between 0 and 180 degrees relative to the base 106. Thewaveguides 110, 112 may provide a contactless connection between thehead 104 and the base 106 to enable the head 104 to communicate with thebase 106 regardless of the position of the head 104 relative to the base106.

FIG. 6 illustrates an example of a waveguide that acts as a springaccording to some embodiments. The base waveguide 112 may have twoportions, e.g., a first portion 602 and a second portion 604. In someembodiments, the first portion 602 may be relatively straight while thesecond portion 604 of the base waveguide 112 may be semi-circular. Forexample, the second portion 604 of the base waveguide 112 may besemi-circular to enable the circular portion of the head 104 to fit intoa hollowed out portion of the base 106. The second portion 604 may belocated within corresponding grooves 606 in the base 106.

In some embodiments, the first portion 602 of the base waveguide 112 maybe attached to the base 106 while the second portion 604 may beunattached, thereby allowing the second portion 604 to move up and downwithin the corresponding grooves 606 in the base 106. Because the secondportion 604 is not attached and is able to move up and down within thecorresponding grooves 606, the second portion 604 of the base waveguide112 may act as a spring (e.g., an elastic object that may be used tostore mechanical energy). The stored mechanical energy may be used indifferent ways, depending on the design and shape of the base waveguide112, as discussed further in FIG. 7.

When the head 104 is attached (e.g., coupled) to the base 106, the basewaveguide 112 may act as a spring to keep the head waveguide 110 and thebase waveguide 112 within a predetermined range. For example, the basewaveguide 112 may act as a spring to keep the head waveguide 110 and thebase waveguide 112 no more than 0.2 mm in distance from each other. Thismay be achieved by having the unattached portion 604 of the basewaveguide 112 “float” inside the base 106. When the cylindrical portionof the head 104 comes into contact with the base waveguide 112, thecylindrical portion of the head 104 may push down on the base waveguide112 to enable the head waveguide 110 and the base waveguide 112 to be nomore than a predetermined distance (e.g., 0.2 mm) apart.

FIG. 7 illustrates an example of how a waveguide that acts as a springcan provide force according to some embodiments. The base waveguide 112may act as a spring to provide a mechanical gap between the head 104 andthe base 106 that is no more than a predetermined distance, therebyresulting in efficient wireless signal transmission between the head 104and the base 106. When the head 104 is attached to the base 106, thebase waveguide 112 acts as a spring to keep the gap between the headwaveguide 110 and the base waveguide 112 within a wireless transmissiontolerance, such that the head 104 and the base 106 (e.g., using the headwaveguide 110 and the base waveguide 112) can transmit signals to eachother, regardless of the position of the head 104 relative to the base106. Without the spring action of the base waveguide 112, the gapbetween the head waveguide 110 and the base waveguide 112 may vary(e.g., when the head 104 is placed at different angles relative the base106), and in some cases, result in a gap that is sufficiently large thatwireless transmission between the head waveguide 110 and the basewaveguide 112 is not possible.

The second portion 604 may absorb incidental physical contact receivedby the head 104 and/or the base 106, provide stored mechanical energy702 when a user is detaching the head 104 from the base 106, providestored mechanical energy 704, 706 to keep the head 104 frominadvertently detaching from the base 106 due to incidental physicalcontact received by the head 104 and/or the base 106 (e.g., the two endsof the unattached portion 604 may provide tension 704, 706 to thecylindrical portion of the head 104), another type of action that can beperformed by a spring, or any combination thereof.

FIG. 8 illustrates an example configuration of a head and base of acomputing device that can be used to implement the systems andtechniques described herein. The head 104 may include one or moreprocessors 802, one or more input/output (I/O) devices 804, a memory806, one or more communication interfaces 808, the head transceiver 108,and the head waveguide 110. In some embodiments, the head 104 mayinclude one or more storage devices 812. The touchscreen display device810 may be capable of receiving input via an appendage (e.g., a finger),an instrument (e.g., a stylus), or other type of input mechanism that iscapable of generating touch. The base 106 may include one or moreprocessors 814, the base transceiver 114, the base waveguide 112, amemory 816, one or more storage devices 818, one or more I/O devices822, and one or more communication interfaces 824.

The I/O devices 804, 822 may each include, but are not limited to, oneor more of a keyboard, a keypad, a touch pad, a mouse, a trackball, aspeaker, a microphone, a camera, another type of input device, or anycombination thereof. The communication interfaces may include interfacescompatible with wired protocols, such as Ethernet, high definition mediainterface (HDMI), digital video interface (DVI), Data Over Cable ServiceInterface Specification (DOCSIS), digital subscriber line (DSL), or thelike. The communication interfaces compatible with wireless protocols,such as code division multiple access (CDMA), global system mobile(GSM), WiFi (e.g., 8012.11), BlueTooth, or the like. The storage devices812, 818 may include mass storage devices, such as disk drives, solidstate drives (SSDs), etc.

Processors 802, 814 may be a microprocessor, controller, a programmablelogic device such as a Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), anapplication specific integrated circuit (ASIC), or other hardwareresource operable to provide computing device functionality for the head104 and the base 106, respectively.

Memory 806, 816 may be any form of volatile or non-volatile memoryincluding, magnetic media, optical media, random access memory (RAM)including dynamic RAM (DRAM) and static RAM (SRAM), read-only memory(ROM), erasable/programmable memory, solid state memory such as flashmemory, removable media, or any other suitable local or remote memorycomponent or components. In particular embodiments, memory 806, 816 mayinclude random access memory (RAM). This RAM may be volatile memory.Memory 806, 816 may include one or more memories. Memory 806, 816 maystore any suitable data or information utilized by the computing device102, including one or more software modules embedded in acomputer-readable medium, and/or encoded logic incorporated in hardware.In particular embodiments, memory 806 may include main memory forstoring instructions for processors 802 to execute and memory 816 mayinclude main memory for storing instructions for processors 814 toexecute. In particular embodiments, one or more memory management units(MMUs) may reside between the processors 802 and memory 806 andfacilitate accesses to memory 806 requested by processors 802 and one ormore memory management units (MMUs) may reside between the processors814 and memory 816 and facilitate accesses to memory 816 requested byprocessors 814. As used herein, memory 806, 816 do not include purelytransitory media, such as signals and communication media. As such,memory is a form of non-transitory computer-readable media. As usedherein, non-transitory computer-readable media includes one or more ofoptical storage, magnetic storage, RAM, ROM, solid-state memory such asflash memory, a hard disk drive, a floppy drive, tape storage, a smartcard, an integrated circuit, and so forth.

Software modules include one or more of applications, bytecode, computerprograms, executable files, computer-executable instructions, programmodules, code expressed as source code in a high-level programminglanguage such as C, C++, Perl, or other, a low-level programming codesuch as machine code, etc. An example software module is a basicinput/output system (BIOS) file. A software module may include anapplication programming interface (API), a dynamic-link library (DLL)file, an executable (e.g., .exe) file, firmware, and so forth.

Processes described herein may be illustrated as a collection of blocksin a logical flow graph, which represent a sequence of operations thatcan be implemented in hardware, software, or a combination thereof. Inthe context of software, the blocks represent computer-executableinstructions that are executable by one or more processors to performthe recited operations. The order in which the operations are describedor depicted in the flow graph is not intended to be construed as alimitation. Also, one or more of the described blocks may be omittedwithout departing from the scope of the present disclosure.

Although various embodiments of the method and apparatus of the presentinvention have been illustrated herein in the Drawings and described inthe Detailed Description, it will be understood that the invention isnot limited to the embodiments disclosed, but is capable of numerousrearrangements, modifications and substitutions without departing fromthe scope of the present disclosure.

What is claimed is:
 1. A computing device comprising: a head comprising:a head transceiver to: receive data from a first component of the head;encode the data into a signal; and transmit the signal; a head waveguideto guide the signal; and a base comprising: a base waveguide to receivethe signal from the head waveguide, the base waveguide including a firstportion that is attached to the base and a second portion that isunattached to the base, the second portion of the base waveguidebehaving as a spring to keep the base waveguide within a predetermineddistance from the head waveguide regardless of a position of the headrelative to the base.
 2. The computing device of claim 1, wherein thebase further comprises: a base transceiver to: receive the signal fromthe base waveguide; decode the data from the signal; and send the datato a second component of the base.
 3. The computing device of claim 1,wherein: the base waveguide comprises a plurality of prongs; and thehead waveguide comprises at least one prong.
 4. The computing device ofclaim 3, wherein the plurality of prongs includes at least onesubstantially U-shaped prong.
 5. The computing device of claim 3,wherein: when the head is attached to the base in a forward orientation,the head waveguide is positioned over a first portion of the pluralityof prongs of the base waveguide; and when the head is attached to thebase in a reverse orientation, the head waveguide is positioned over asecond portion of the plurality of prongs in the reverse orientation,the second portion having at least one prong that is excluded from thefirst portion.
 6. The computing device of claim 1, wherein the headtransceiver transmits the signal at a frequency between about 50 GHz andabout 70 Ghz.
 7. The computing device of claim 1, wherein: thepredetermined distance is about 0.2 millimeters.
 8. A method comprising:receiving, at a head transceiver of a head of a computing device, datafrom a first component of the head, the head attached to a base of thecomputing device; encoding, by the head transceiver, the data into asignal; receiving, by a head waveguide of the head, the signal from thehead transceiver; transmitting the signal from the head waveguide to abase waveguide of the base, the base waveguide including a plurality ofprongs, wherein a first portion of the base waveguide is attached to thebase and a second portion of the base waveguide is unattached to thebase, the second portion of the base waveguide behaving as a spring tokeep the base waveguide no more than a predetermined distance from thehead waveguide; receiving, by a base transceiver of the base, the signalfrom the base waveguide; decoding, by the base transceiver, the datafrom the signal; and sending the data to a second component of the base.9. The method of claim 8, wherein: the head includes a substantiallycylindrically shaped end that attaches to a groove in the base; and thesecond portion of the base waveguide exerts force on the substantiallycylindrically shaped end of the head to prevent the head frominadvertently detaching from the groove in the base.
 10. The method ofclaim 8, wherein the predetermined distance is about 0.2 millimeters(mm).
 11. The method of claim 8, wherein attaching the head of thecomputing device to the base of the computing device comprises attachingthe head to the base in one of a forward orientation or a reverseorientation.
 12. The method of claim 8, wherein attaching the head ofthe computing device to the base of the computing device comprisesattaching the head to the base in a forward orientation, the headwaveguide positioned over a first portion of a plurality of prongs ofthe base waveguide in the forward orientation.
 13. The method of claim12, wherein attaching the head of the computing device to the base ofthe computing device comprises attaching the head to the base in areverse orientation, the head waveguide positioned over a second portionof the plurality of prongs of the base waveguide in the reverseorientation, the second portion having a first prong that is excludedfrom the first portion and a second prong that is included in the firstportion.
 14. The method of claim 8, further comprising: positioning thehead at a particular angle that is between 0 degrees and 360 degreesrelative to the base, the head waveguide not making contact with thebase waveguide at the particular angle.
 15. The method of claim 8,wherein the plurality of prongs include one or more U-shaped prongs. 16.A computing device comprising: a base comprising: a base transceiver to:receive data from a base component of the base; encode the data into asignal; and transmit the signal at a frequency between about 30 Ghz andabout 300 GHz; and a base waveguide including a first portion that isattached to the base and a second portion that is unattached to thebase, the second portion of the base waveguide behaving as a spring tokeep the base waveguide within a predetermined distance from a headwaveguide, the base waveguide to: receive the signal transmitted by thebase transceiver; and guide the signal.
 17. The computing device ofclaim 16, further comprising: a head comprising: one or more processors;one or more computer-readable storage media; the head waveguide havingat least one prong to: receive the signal from the base waveguide; and ahead transceiver to: receive the signal from the head waveguide; decodethe data from the signal; and send the data to a head component of thehead.
 18. The computing device of claim 17, wherein attaching the headof the computing device to the base of the computing device comprisesattaching the head to the base in one of a forward orientation or areverse orientation.
 19. The computing device of claim 18, wherein, whenthe head is attached to the base in the forward orientation, the headwaveguide is positioned over a first portion of a plurality of prongs ofthe base waveguide.
 20. The computing device of claim 19, wherein whenthe head is attached to the base in a reverse orientation, the headwaveguide is positioned over a second portion of the plurality of prongsof the base waveguide in the reverse orientation, the second portionhaving at least a first prong that is excluded from the first portionand at least a second prong that is included in the first portion.